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Commodore Home<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

VK Commodore<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The VK Commodore was in production for 2 years<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The VK Commodore was the first Commodore to use plastic bumpers<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The VK Commodore would be the last car to run on leaded fuel<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The VK Commodore was the first Commodore to feature \u2018rear quarter windows\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 4 cylinder Commodore was dropped in Australia, but continued production in New Zealand<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The VK Commodore introduced the \u2018black\u2019 inline 6 engine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the VK Commodore the inline 6 engine capacity went from 2.85L up to 3.3L and the V8 engine capacity went from 4.2L to 5.0L<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The VK Commodore was the first Commodore to offer Electronic Fuel Injection (EFI)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The VK Commodore introduced the \u2018Berlina\u2019 and the \u2018Calais\u2019 variants<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1984 a brand new VK Calais sedan would have sold for $19 315<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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